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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “unban” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

44 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
unban7211433(None) 
unbans81912621unbans
unbar71913611unbar
unman72715421unman
urban72013861urban
ban58366842__ban
goban84414072goban
gunman9299452gunman
kanban1238622kanban
lungan74710212lungan
naan47621932_naan
nan37854882_n_an
rurban849042rurban
suntan62613002suntan
turban8310482turban
uhlan849112uhlan
ulan46527392u_lan
ulpan7310122ulpan
unai44824782un_ai
unau43924152un_au
unbale83616402unbale
unbars82113032unbars
unbe65319272unb_e
unbear889162unbear
unbend9269772unbend
unbent83216592unbent
unbid83214642unbid
unbind93011432unbind
unborn83310812unborn
unbox1438752unbox
uncap9312282uncap
unhand10410382unhand
unhang1038442unhang
unhat81119262unhat
union54519792union
unjam1448722unjam
unlay84613702unlay
unmans82211992unmans
unpen72913572unpen
unpin72613242unpin
unsawn9317462unsawn
unsay83212842unsay
unwon84512342unwon
urbane82211382urbane

Search took 3 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800442.45321932.3
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691442.79963841.0
 
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